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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

An illinois exchange indicates by the
following item that times are even harder
in that region than with rs poor pioneers
Of the west:
''H I'd time sosiable srs the latest
Ladiessre expected to appear in their
Monday morning costumes. and gentle
mon are expected to come with not less
than two patches on their pants. Prizss
are given to the toughest looking ones
present, that is to the two presenting tho
best hard times appearance. Editors and
printers ARE barred; there is no intent to
make fun of actual conditions"
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

The ever loyal, magnnninous, great
Old Chicago Inter Ocean says:
Congress will soon assemble. and the
Inter Ocean simply calls attention TO the
sound of tho knocking on the door" of
the stately TERRITORY Of Dakota. To re-
fuse to hear, or to admit the gust. will
evidence partisan malignitv and Iil-brecd-
ing which the people OF the Nation will
take account Of. The pioneers who nave
made themselves homes OF comfort and
piled wealth in the Nations lap deserve
better treatment than they have thus far
received for the party temporarily i'll
mower"
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

The tow mill ct Brooking,. which has
been idle SO long will soon begin TO spin.
Straw is selling at 81 per ton and business
will be brisk. This will help the farmers
a good deal. We understand tso hav
presses will be run in connection with the
mill. l.--Elkton Record.
An enterprising Ice dealer has rescued
the Miller tow mill We aint particularly
"stucK' on tow mills in this neck O. woods
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

About $4,000 Of the money stolen from
the Adams Express Company by Haignt.
Wlttreck and other was found wednss-
dap concealed in beer bottles in tho cell
lars Of houses at Kansas City. Thus far
it is isreported that $4,000 has been re-.
covered. s perintendsnt Weir, OF the
express company, has stated that between
s8l 900 and $50, 900 was secured by the
rnlhars
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13
IN PROBATE COURT.

Land Office Il Iiuron, ID. H.. Dec 20. 1876
Notice Is hereby given that the following named
Settler has tled n0tice OF his Intention TO make
final proof IN support sf his claim and that said
proof will b, made before Judge of district court
of Hand county d. I. or in his absence heiors
Clerk of ~aid court al Miller. ID. l. March lsS7
viz: Carl KTCnireich under his ~. ID, entry
No. 92o9 for tie Southwest quarter OF Section IL
U26J. lie names tue following witnesses 10
prove his continuous Residence upon aud rnltiys.
ton OF said land viz: Lorenz steinleiiner. 10 eph
K"eck. Albert u. SGners, John l.. Morrow, ali of
Miller ID. 4.
jan6t6 John q McFAPL,rp RerIster
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

Mathews, OF Brookings county was chos-
en- President of the Territorial Senate AID
Crosse Of Hyde county. speaker sf the house.
The south half is evidently inited.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

John Roach. the great ship hhilder died
Morday, Of disease similar to that Of
Gen. Grant
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

San Francisco experienced o slight
earthquake Tuesday.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

Expenditures for common and
higher schools, year enGing
June 30, 1885. 85.........1,Sl ,Sl4 ,2l2.40
Cash balance on hand. 80. ..327 ,5i4,39
Total to balance receipts. 80. l4l 1850
A dependency with sc, ,563 school child
rem. 3,li9 teachers, 2.729 school houses
and 2,279 schools in operation. is pref.
ty safe community TO give a power that
should be commensursb.s with Tits high
grade Of intelligence.
THE MATERIAL WEALTH OF DAKOTA
forms q parallel with that Of its schools.
The increase in Eve wears has been wonder.
ful. In 1850 { ere were some $4,000
farms in the territory. In 1885 there were
50, 900 or II. 7.000, 900 acres under cultivation
The total value Of the farm lands 1880
vas a., ,4O0, 900; in 1885, Sl5G,760, 900 an
increase of nearly GOO per cent. The
assessed value Of live stock increased
from sc. SOC, 600 in 1880 to $40, 500. 900 in
1885 The value of farm products in
creased from s., $50. 900 in 1880 to s37,-
OS0, 600 III 1885. Estimating that at lsnst
two-thirds the totals given are south Of
the 46 parallel, 1t shows better balance
than many states which have been in the
union for h, II a centsry.
THE POPULATION OF DAKOTA
according to the census Of 1885. wus
All, 1878, Of which 273, ,553 reside south OF
tho 46 parallel. In the proposed STATE 70
per cent. OF the population are American
born, and il North Dakota the population
falls to "a per cent Amsrican born In
South Dakota there were lie, ,o27 females.
In South Dakota there are "a counties Of
which 40 are organized. The Sioux Res
| ervation. which embraces the old Winnie
bago and Crow Creek, contains %. 2.2l0,4i0
acres, all Of which lays in the proposed
state OF Dakota. The Dawes bill provides
for the opening of about l0.G0e,000 acres
of this area. The present administration
has even blocked the tffCrts Of the people
in this direction. and the president saw fit
to driye inhaLiiunts from tie Crow Creek
who bad gone there under the authority
of President Arthur.
STATISTICS MIaHT ne PILED STILL
HIGHEa
in proof OF South Daketa's itnoss for
statehood, but it is only telling what is
too we'll known to the reader of current
events.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

The territorial leeislatare convened
Tuesday at Pismar"g
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

Alta Probate Court held in and for Hand county
DHsotl. al the Office OF the Judge of Probate in the
town of Miller in said county ON the SOth day OF
December A. y. 1886
Present, y. PAsIsH, Judge OF Probate.
IN PROBATE COURT.
County Of Hand.
In the matter Of the estats OF syron J. Getgsel
deeaaSed
On reading and Cling the PETITION OF Martin Yer
henl of ilymoutb county. state OF Iowa setting
iorth that syryn J. GssSsel died iatostale on OF
about the 9Th day OF Nay, 1885, ana praying tha.
Letters OF Administration Of the gtate OF sad do.
ceased bs .s'ued to Martin verheul OF Le Mars
plymouth county, Iowa.
lt is ordered that said application and petition be
heard 10y tii. Sudse OF prubate in anu tor Hand
county ID, 4. at special term TO be h.ld NJ his
Office in the town Of Miller in said county Of Haad
on the 2stiI day of January A. ID. lss7 at O'Clock
A. ~ OF that day.
II further ordered that due notice thereof be
given by publishing copy OF this orCer Iog shree
successive weeks tonce In each week rior to said
hearing. IN the HAND COUNTY PKEss newspaper
publ he'd In said county.
BY the Court. =. i. PARISH. Probate Judge.
Dated December IN. ISeE. iinGt3
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

Percentage OF children Of school
age attending school. ..... 80
Number Of male teachers en-
ed .............. ..... 1881
Number of female teachers en-
pioyed. -. 2.sC1
Total number Of teachers. ...... 4.145
Average monthly pay Of teachers > 3&.76
Whole number OF school houses 2.729
Whole number Of schools. -. 3,279
Yearly receipts tor school pur-
poses to June 80, 1885. :. 81, 141 ,75G.79
Expenditures for common and
higher schools, year enGing
June 80, 1886. ,814, ,212.40
Cash balance on hand. 80. ..327, ,5i439
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

in proof OF South Daketa's fi,noss for
statehood, but it is only telling what is
too we'll known to the reader of current
events.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

MOON PUSEY, Morigaeee
Attorneys for Mortgage. niai3lt
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-01-13

Court held in and TOR Hand county
,iiice OF the Judge of Probate in the
u said county. on the 10th day of
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Metternich on Napoleon III.

One evening, when happened to be
alone with the Prince, our conversa-
ton turned on Napoleon III. "He is
power" remarked prince Metternich
"that must be taken into account.
But he forgets that a man cannot be
Emperor par la grace de dieu and par
la volonte rationale at one and the
same time. That is contradictio in
adjecto, He must take his choice-to
grasp the reins of government either
as the heir oil Napoleon /. or as the
elected candidate ofuniversal suffrage.
This contradiction will cause his down
fall. l shall not live to see it, but re-
member my words. This Bonaparte
has built nothing that will last A
few weeks later heard the same pro-
phecy at Buckingham Palace from the
lips OF Prince Albert, and it struck me
as remarkable that the two political
antipodes, the Conservative Prince
Metternich and the Liberal Prince
Albert, should agree almost to the let
ter in their estimate of Napoleon III.
"He is no philosopher" said Prince
Albert, cor he would have understood
that no sovereign can owe his crown
at once to hereditary succession and
universal suffrage. This contradic-
tion is bound to be the ruin, l don't
say OF himself personally-perhaps he
is destined to die an Emperor in his
bed-but of his system, his dynasty.
He has built nothing lasting; he is on
ly a meteor-no fixed star" st. Pet
ersburg and London. Count Vitzhum.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
The Nervous Traveller.

The most entertaining individual to
meet on railroad train is the nervous
traveller. If he is man he is generally
a consumptive- looking person of about
40 years of age, with sandy whiskers
and eye glasses. If it is woman, she
is generally about so or 60 years of age,
and weighs about 242s pounds. more or
less. Both of these types carry bags,
baskets, parcels. etc, without number,
keep putting up and down windows,
rush off at the wrong station, and in a
hundred ways make themselves un-
popular as well as amusing.
An old lady of this style of human
development was sitting near the car
door. the other day, on a New Jersey
Central train, when o brakeman stuck
his head in the door and yelled out the
name of the station.
Good gracious, what an awful
voice - cried the old lady, as she jump
ed about three feet "How can you
howl like that and frighteu body to
death ?"
The brakeman looked mad for min
ute and then said:
Excuse me, madam, if you don't
like my voice, I'm dim sorry. But if
you think this road can engage $780,
600 tenor solost to sing out the names
of the stops in the key of A sharp and
warble between stations, you're the
most mistaken creature that walks, and
it's pretty dim evident"
The old lady had nothing further te
say.-Nceoark (MJ.) Sunday CaN.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Convenience Of the Cigaretta

The habit of smoking cigarettes
among public officials is alarmingly on
the increase. 1t is due, no doubt, to
the fact that the cigarette affords
a means of satisfying an appel tie or
craving for tobacco and affords enough
pleasure to the smoker to last for the
time it is wanted. "A cigar or pipe is
too much of a SMOKE said an official,
to an american represen tative about
the matter to-day, ''in the office where
you are liable to be called on at Il NOM
ent's notice by a lady OF summoned in
to the presence OF a superior. In an
emergency of the kind the little thing
can be thrown aside. The cigarette.
you see, is cheap. A good cigar less
than 10 cents in price is not considered
the thing to be seen in the mouth
of an official with some authority The
cigarette also affords little pleasure,
and it is very convenient" The same
argument was found to prevail among
all the officials who were seen using
the little article. Army officers, rs II
rule, were noticed to be addicted large
ly to the habit of using the cigarette.
They find it cheaper in the long run
than cigars. 1t has now become
common among them to offer friend
cigarette. If refused. the reply is:
IL used to smoke cigars, but | find
the cigarette is more conven ent.
Nearly all the young men and, in fact,
not few of the old men in high social
life can be seen smoking them At any
of the receipt ons it is customary now
to see groups of men in the gentle
mems room putting away vigorously
on the ''little delight 1t is a rarety
to see c.gar used on such occasions.
A large tobacconist here stated in con-
versation to-day that the sale of cigar
ettes was enormous in this city, and
was not confined in any class. He
stated that the government clerks
bought largely of them. as they con-
sidcrel it much cheaper for them to
use on the sly during office hours. -
BALTIMORE american,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Tears Blinded Her.

A little Irish immigrant girl stood with
in the rallied inclosure in the center of
Castle Garden looking for her father.
who had promised to meet her. She
startled Supt. jackson by grasping his
arm and cxclaiming;
'Oh. there he isl there he is!'
"Where?" asked the superintendent.
II don't see him now"
What do you mean by that?' til.
superintendent inquired somewhat
sharply. "Why don't you see him?"
''Sure, sorr, the tears have kilt mt
powers of observation entirely"
''The superintendent wiped away 8
briny drop and went out himself ant
found the father. .--NeW York San.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16

attorney. IL had case not long ago.
An inventor living way back in the
country wrote me that he wanted to
get out q patent on a churn. Tho
peculiar feature Of the invention waa
that at the same time the cream was
churned the butter made was collected
in the churn by IL particular motion in
churning. But the man had not the
happy faculty of expressing himself
ON paper with clearness. and SO when
he wrote personally for apatent they
threw the thing out OF the office be-
cause they could not understand it.
Well. one night | bought a gallon and
half of cream, and after | got home
got out the churn and poured the
cream into it. l churned away for
about ten minutes, and then, hauling
up the lid, saw about three pounds OF
butter nicely packed against one side
OF the churn. When l presented the
case to the exam ner he again threw it
out, but appealed to the board, be-
cause | was satisfied that it was :,
practical idea. When the day came
for me to demonstrate the theory
got the same amount of cream, and
using the same means, produced Il
similar result The board was aston
ished. The examiner. who was present,
was more so, and asked me TO eluci-
date the theory for his benefit. told
him did not know any more than he
how it was done The effect was pro-
duced by the motion of the cream in
the churn, as l told you. When
churned it was sent from one side to
the other, and then back to the center,
and never saw butter packed more
neatly in my life. Why, it did not
leave even decent buttermilk. - WASH
ingtOn Star.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
To Find the South Pole.

Adventures who contemplate going
on expeditions to discover the South
Pole, in order that they may secure
the reward that has been offered by the
Mayor and City Council for its capture.
dead or alivt, should count the difficult
ties before starting out. There is no
railroad running anywhere near it, and
steamboat navigation hasn been push
ed within thousands of miles of the
spot where the pole is planted. There
are no Esquimaux tribes hanging
around in the vicinity to drag starved
and frozen voyagers out of the ice-t tloes
into their snow-huts TO resuscitate
them on lamp oil and dipped candles.
When threatened with starvation You
stand no chance whatever of stumbling
on a supply of frozen dog-meat hid
away by preceding explorers and lost,
because there have been no preceding
explorers. You won't e7en have the
satisfaction of discovering relics of the
Sir John Franklin expedition, which
was the only reward that travellers to
the North Pole realized for years and
years. You will find no Hudson Bay
Company to furnish you with canned
meat when your own supplies give out,
and it is doubtful about your being able
to induce the dogs of that remote local
ity to haul your sledges over the ice
fields. They havn't been used to any
such exercise. Reliable charts of the
route are not to be had, and guides
would be difficult to find, since up to
this time there has been no demand for
any. Take our advice and don't GO
fooling around the South Pole Teas
Siftin0s
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
California's Curse.

In the Chinese slave mart here a
healthy young Chinese woman costs
more money now than negro planta'
ton hand did in the ante bellum days
in Mississippi or Georgia. And the
courts almost wink at this system ol
slavery under this 'tgovernment of the
people. for the people, by the people, "
San Francisco Chronicle.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Couldn't be a Better Reason.

:Why haven't 600-acre farm as
well as that man riding by in his car
riageP' yelled a red-nSsed Anarchist
orator as he glared at the crowd.
because he saved 5000 and bought
his farm when it cost him 81 an acre,
and you poured your 5000 down your
throat" responded man on the. back
seat, and the orator asked no more CO
nundrums. Chicago Tribune.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Helene. the only daughter of Baro

Helene, the only daughter OF Baron
Solomon Rothschild OF Paris is going
to marry Captain Van Smessiel, a
poor young man in the Belgian army.
However, HELENE and her husband
will not suffer. She has already an
immense fortune in Ter own right and
her dot will be about $4,000. 900.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
The One Weak Spot.

The great trouble with American
journalism is that the men who know
just how a newspaper ought be run
are, unfortunately, engaged in some
other misunderstanding stage, digging
post-holes, herding sheep, or acting as
deputy sheriff. -Burnet (7en.) Hero.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
The Thnn,iprcr on PRrEelliSm and Crime

The London Times publishes another in
Stallment OF its "Parnellism and Crime
articles. Oppositeit its leader page it prints
n fac sinile OF the tenth page OF the Irish
World OF New York, OF Feb. is, 1881, and
also the greater portion Of Patrick Ford )
address published in the same issue. The
publications are accompanied by an eX-
blanatorv article describing the various
tunds mentioned and the fate OF the men
connected Herewith. In an editorial on
the subject the Times says:
The whole conspiracy, whether carried
on by mealy-moUthcd gentlemen who sit
at London dinner tables. or by tiends who
organize arson and murder, is ono and in
Invisible. 1t Is paid out OF the same purse,
worked by the same men, directed to the
same ends. and inspired by one universal
hatred OF England and determination to
bring about, ii possible,a complete separa-
ton between England and Ireland. Wheth-
er the money goes to support the Glad
stonians i'll parliament or to equip despe-
radoes for the committal OF outrages in
English towns. is 81 mere matter OF tactics.
When even we find the constitutionalagi-
tators with the mask laid aside, as in the
r;,se OF Mr.. Davitt, of Body Ike, we find that
their language, sentiments and aims are
Identical with those OF the ruffians by
whose support they live, and whom they
in parliament pretend to be ignorant OF. y
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Living in the Busy Present.

The south of to-day has something
else to do besides worrying over the
blunders OF brilliancies Of war times.
We are now on the broad battlefield of
human progress, not delying among
unhappy reminiscences.--F'ort Worth
Gnzetke
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
A Good Exchange.

The man in Kingston. Ont, who ex-
changed hats with O'Brien so that the
after might not be recognized by his
shiny beaver had longShead. He got
The glory and O'Brien got theston-
'ng.-Springfeld Republican.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16

Now is the time when the man who keeps
aens begins to be viewed with intense anxiety
BY his neighbors who have gardens. .-Bur-
Is,gton Free Press
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16

A dog is property when it has been stolen;
but it is not property when the tax assessor
comes round.-NeW Orleass Picayuae.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-26

THE New York Herald one day last
week published a two column interview
with Henry Watterson. Like all the ut
teranCes of the brilliant kentucky editor,
it is pervaded with pungent blue grass
flavor, and consequently makes entertain
ing reading Mr.. Wstterson's views coin
eide in most respects with those of nearly
all observers of contemporary politics
He has no doubt whatever of Cleveland 5
denomination When asked if this result
was satisfactory to him personally, Mr. .
W. replied: Il am like the old lady at
tue mOurDers' bench, who, when asked if
she loved the Lord, replied: Well, l hain't
got nothing agin him" The distin-
guished Kentuckian also said that he
thought present Indications pointed to
Blaine's denomination, in which he also
stated self evident fact. Mr.. Waiter
son thought that the republicans would
wage the campaign of next fall on the
old issue of the solid south and high
tariff, and the democrats on the issue of
the administration and a reduction of
taxes He does not think there will be
quite so much personal scandal and cal
jimmy as figured in the last campaign
but more oldfashioned party bitterness
Sherman, Fairchild and their like he nick
named red republicans" but does not
think there is another republican presi'
dent wrapped up in the folds of the
bloody shirt.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-26

TIE amendments to the New York
state marriage law passed at the last
session of the legislature are very strln-
gent. As the law now stands, the age of
matrimonial consent on the part of fe
males is fixed at sixteen and that of males
at eighteen years. The punishment for
shducting girl for marriage is fixed at
Imprisonment not exceeding five years
and fine of not more than 81, 900, or
both fine and Imprisonment. ANY cler-
gyman or magistrate who solemnize a
marriage, either of the parties to which
is under age, is declared to be guilty OF a
misdemeanor, even if the parent or guar
dian of the minor be present or consent
The burden of knowledge as to true age
of the contracting parties is thrown on
the celebrant. He is bound to make care
full inquiries as to the age of the con
tracing parties. and is authorized to ad-
minister oaths. The officiating clergyman
or magistrate is only to be held blameless
when in doubtful cases he is misled by
perjury. But even such an occurrence
will not excuse him if he could, by due
diligence, have ascertained that the par
ties were legally incapable of contracting
matrlmOhY.